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Brian Selznick rhode-islandislandsschool Growing up in Rhode Island, my friends would have strung me up if I had been a Yankees fan. Charlie Day rhode-islandgrowing-upislands The recipe for success is a tried and true one here in Rhode Island - innovation, reform, public service. Donald L. Carcieri rhode-islandinnovationislands The place of exciting innovation - where the action is - that's Rhode Island! Donald L. Carcieri rhode-islandinnovationislands But Connecticut and Rhode Island have originally realized the most perfect polity as to a legislature. Ezra Stiles rhode-islandperfectislands Rhode Island has become a second home to me after being involved in its cultural life for over 61 years. I look upon it as a privilege to be inducted into the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame. George Wein rhode-islandislandshome No one, who is familiar with the bustle and activity of an American commercial town, would recognise, in the repose which now reigns in the ancient mart of Rhode Island, a place that, in its day, has been ranked amongst the most important ports along the whole line of our extended coast. James F. Cooper rhode-islandislandsbook We just did a show in Providence, Rhode Island, and we got three puppy shots before we even got on the air, which was great. Although sometimes you get flashed by some puppies that you'd rather not see. They're more like mongrels Jerry Lawler rhode-islandairislands Lincoln Chafee, former governor of Rhode Island, announced he's running for president. Before he announced he's running, his wife went on Facebook and asked his staff if they remembered his password. Because if a Facebook password is too hard to remember, the launch codes for the nukes should be a piece of cake. Jimmy Fallon rhode-islandislandsrunning My one-time roommate Claire had inherited the house from her uncle, and when she went off to bigger and better things, she’d left it in my care. And it needed a lot of it. Most importantly, it needed a new roof. There was a worrying stain on the ceiling of my bedroom that had started out roughly the shape of Rhode Island, but now looked more like North Carolina. Another few more days of rain and it was going to be Texas. And then it wouldn’t be anything at all because the battered old shingles were going to cave in on my head. Karen Chance rhode-islandunclesrain I meditate, and when I do, Prince Harry appears in my subconscious and meditates with me. It's a little strange but I don't think there's anything I can do about it. Sometimes he's not the only one; the other day it was me, Prince Harry, the Dalai Lama, Mr. Rogers, Coco the gorilla, and George Clooney. We were all floating above the earth looking down at the continents as they passed. George Clooney suggested I visit Providence, Rhode Island. The Dalai Lama sighed deeply and said he'd like to visit Tibet. Poor Dalai Lama. Kristin Cashore rhode-islandislandsthinking I had supported Governor George W. Bush over Senator John McCain in the 2000 Rhode Island presidential primary. Lincoln Chafee rhode-islandpresidentialislands Newport, Rhode Island, that breeding place-that stud farm, so to speak-of aristocracy; aristocracy of the American type. Mark Twain rhode-islandaristocracyislands Mike Stanton is our preeminent aficionado and raconteur of Rhode Island’s flamboyantly criminal political follies, and The Prince of Providence is the chronicle of a great American rogue, Mayor Buddy Cianci—a paragon of charisma and corruption. Philip Gourevitch rhode-islandpoliticalislands I'm from Connecticut, and we don't have any dialects. Well, I don't think we have any dialects, and yeah, it's very complex. That Rhode Island/Massachusetts New England region is arguably the hardest dialect to nail. Seth MacFarlane rhode-islandislandsthinking When cyclones tear up Oklahoma and hurricanes swamp Alabama and wildfires scorch Texas, you come to us, the rest of the country, for billions of dollars to recover. And the damage that your polluters and deniers are doing doesn't just hit Oklahoma and Alabama and Texas. It hits Rhode Island with floods and storms. Sheldon Whitehouse rhode-islandtexascountry12»
